Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-26
A NOrA8L8 WORE.
illustrated ExpositiOn Of Lancaster Cttys Mani
fold- r. RsAourcaa and lndusartes.

fold-Resourcss and Industries.
The book upon which w. L. Hensel, OF
the committee Of statistics OF the Lancaster
Board OF Trade, has been engaged for some
time, Is now In the hands Of the binder aud
the complete edition Of 10000 copies will
soon be ready for distribution among the
subscribers and for the general sale and wide
circulation which the merits OF the work are
certain to command for II In its plan, edi.
torial arrangement, literary and historical
features and surprising beauty Of typograph-
ical construction, 1t Ii by long odds the best
OF its kind that has yet come to our notice.
The entire volume comprises 2l4 pages
printed on heavy book paper, and including
sixteen fine full page enRrsvings, Decides
two large maps accompanying the work
the one, about lsx2i inchee, Of Lancaster city,
In color, shows its division into wards, its
streets laid out to the city limits, the location
of the principal public grounds and build
iues, churches, tobacco warehouses, mills
aud factories and available sites re-
msinipg for such occupancy; the smaller
map shows an outline OF the county,
Lancaster's railroad connections with the
sea board cities, the anthracite coal fields
and tide water, the completed lines
leading into 1t aud their connections and the
projected roads which are now the subject Of
attention. The following table OF contents Of
Part of the work will convey q good idea Of
the completeness with which 1t makes pre-
sentation of Lancaster's resources and indus
tries, the latter being given special attention,
to enforce the writer's leading idea that the
number and variety Of manufactures existing
here and SGT forth in this book indicate the
wide range of local adaptation. and will
prove "no less an exposition of the actual
latin ivnxtn nff hr Ak,if han 0f
greater possibilities inj same direction.
Expsrisncs hes dsnf Strsted the practica.
bilfty Of sstsbiishiu2 this variety and the
profit OF their operat en. The Commercial
n .n1Ies's oI LanS3Sioka kare on such . solid
cor - =! any new legitimate manufacturing
lcern will find advantages of locating here
mot to be met with anywhere else":
CONTENTS OF FART 1.
CHArrYR Ian OLD SHIRE TowS-The County
seat OF Great County-1he First Asricul-
posiis % citizenship -Enormou, wealth. Light
Taxes and Small Debt -Lancasters advan.
tages of Observation-Disclosures Finished and
CRATER II-THs MuSicIrALiTY The Rank Of
the CITY in Population Its Plan OF Govern
ssPRS nS Sanitary
Conditions Street Railways Lighting the
LightsyAn fiicient Fire Department-Rapid
Decrease of the City Debt. .
CHATTER III -Soxs SOCIAL FEAruREs.-A Well
and Their Freedom From pebt-A Famous
College and Good system of Popular Educss-
Lesrned Lea. PROFESSIONS @ @ Bench and Bar. Doctor
and Dentist. Press and Preacher-Cheap and
| Abundant Markets -Mirth ana Music Public
Benencial orders and Agen.
cies OF Charity--To Bury or Burn ..........sl-S3
| CHATTER IV-CoNaBICIAL AND FISAscIAL.-The
Enterprise OF Local Merchants-Success of the
| Wholesale Trade-Nearly four Millions of He.
tail Bnsiness-The solid Banks of Lancastsr-
Houses Culture OF Leaf Tobacco-The Ware
house Trade ana cigar. Making indassrym0 va
shipping Cattle and Horses "a Is
CHATTER y-MAsY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES -
/ Lancaster A head in Variety OF small Manu- fsc-
f5nx 9'Gh Mn Boiss v %or ahe Machine
shops and Other Iron Works-Watches, Corks
Edge Tools, Rifes and Locks. quilts and
Horse Collars, Umbrellas aud incubators. Soap
and and Printers, Brick. Makers ana Buiiders,
butchers ana Bakers ers......................i9 .i9-7S
CRATER yl-THE BOARD OF TRAD..-Its Organi-
| proyemeuts-New Manufact turing + nterprises
| -Lancasters Pre- eminent Advantag ges-Hea.
| "A Number OF New Industries Likely to be
i soon 4 E.tabiished-Oners OF Free Ground fol-
Factory Sltes-Organized Aid to new Indus
ArrEsDIx -A:-The Conestoga W water, sl-s3. B.
z rs9ssr
| s7-e9 f.-Iioard Of Trade Organic alton, S0-y7
| G.-Addenda, Is.
In Part IL, comprising 20 pages OF sdver
tising matter, some of the leading house,
OF the city are afforded space to tell their OWL
story, and to set forth more particularly th,
special features of their own trade, In numer
Gus instances accompanied by faithful illus
tratioEs Of the business places OF Lancaster
| These pages epitomize the commercial anc
| manufacturing activing OF busy, prosperoul
| and progressive community, whose whole
sale and jobbing business II rapidly nearing
q million dollars annually In which the re
tail trade aggregates four million dollars POI
annum handling two million dollars worth
| OF leaf tobacco on an average every season
and shipping e, CSC, 900 OF live stock manu-
featuring & ,0O0, 600 of annual products In IL
factories and workshops employing Sl,70O,
900 of capital in banking, and having e. 500,
900 OF deposits"
The whole book makes volume about the
siz, OF the best monthly magazines, snC
| not inferior to them In mechanical excellenc,
| Of design and execution. Indeed, - speci
men Of Lancaster typography, its appearance
speaks most creditsbly and fOrcefully for thu
| city. Designed and executed at the Job offic,
| OF the INTRLLIGENcER printing establish
ment, every page testifies to the taste and
skill of the craftsmen who turned It out
The front page of the cover, which the indez
tells us was designed by d. Men. Stsuffer
Ia printed In gold and scarlet Its design II
quaint combination Of appropriate devices,
including an old swinging tavern sign OF the
Lancaster OF 1887, with q Conestogs wagon,
Eeaos OF wheat and blades Of corn, emble.
hstic OF the agricultural Importance OF the
county, and sketches Of the iron mills, cotton
factories, tobacco warehouses and watch
works that have given the Lancaster OF &c.
day its Importance and prospects ~ manu-.
featuring centre. The reverse outside page